Handling

Description

Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm announce the release of Handling, their fifth collaborative album, scheduled for September 19, 2025 on LEITER, on vinyl and digital. Composed of only three tracks totaling forty minutes, Handling extends the approach they began with 2X1=4 (2021), blending dub influences with a constantly renewed approach. Recorded in Frahm's studio at the legendary Funkhaus in Berlin, the album unfolds a luminous and organic sonic universe around the three pieces titled Leuchter — "chandelier" in German — which reflect a growing inner energy. Their instrumentation combines pianos, celestas, Cristal Baschet, guitars, glockenspiels, and multiple percussion instruments, in patiently reworked improvisations through intensive editing sessions. The duo, who have collaborated since the 2000s, benefits from a rare chemistry. Their union transcends individualities: "It's neither Frank nor Nils. We have become a new person," they explain. This blend of Blumm's organic chaos and Frahm's structured intuition offers an experience as rich as it is evolving, always carrying a singular light.